The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-19
Montpelier and Vicinity.

on western trlp'
C. w. SEL1NAs was in Manchester and |
Boston last week.
SUPREME COURT general term) convenes !
here next Tuesday
MILES, son of w. o. Standsh was in st. |
Albans over Sunday.
c. n. RICE is travelling for the Montpelier
steam dye works this week.
Mrs. JULIUS SEL1NAs of ST. Johnsbury
is visiting Montpelier friends.
TRINITY church pulpit was occupied Sun
day morning by Rev. A. II. Webb of North !
field.
w. A. STowELL is adding an attractive
veranda to his dwelling-house on Barre
street.
Mrs. F. w. PIERCE of Mddlebury is WIS.,
iting her brother-in-law, II. NJ. Pierce, and
family.
Il. w. FUTILE, Esq, of Vergennes was
in Montpelier over Sunday, visiting his
parents.
j. j. PRATT is putting up private mail
boxes at residences and places of business
about town.
FRED, son of DR.. H. T. Whitney, was
badly bruised by falling from tree one
day last week.
Mrs. II. S. FOSTER started for Montana
Wednesday evening, to join her husband at
Fort Assinniboine.
WILLIAM SMITH has moved from East
State street into the George Guernsey house
on fremont street.
THE band will give another-and for this
season, probably, the last-open-air concert
tomorrow evening
THE ladies of the Woman's Relief Corps
will meet on Friday afternoon to sew for
the Soldiers Home.
WEDNESDAY, October 18th, is recorded as
the date of Montpelier's first snow-storm for
the season of 1SS7-S.
j. r.. LANGDoN and e. ID. Blackwell went
"down through the Gulf" Sunday to see
what they could see.
Mr.. F. II. BAscoM goes to Canada this
week to attend the Supreme Council of the
Masonic bodies of the Dominion.
PROFESSOR AND MRS. j. W. BURGESS have
returned from their European tour and are
at the home of Mrs Burgess parents.
Miss JANE KMBALL resumed on Sunday
her position in Bethany choir, from which
she had been detained for several weeks by
illness.
GAME is said to be unusually plenty in
the woods about here, and local sportsmen
of all ages are giving their skill frequent
exercise.
JOHN CUNNINGHAM, pleasantly remem-
bered by Montpelier baseball enthusiasts is
at present on duty as ticket agent at Farm
ham, P. @.
A GRANITE curbing has been placed about
the lot in front of Trinity church and
brick walk has been laid from the front
steps to the sidewalk.
Mrs. j. L. FUTILE departed Monday
afternoon for her visit to friends in the
West intending to join Judge and Mrs.
Thurston at Montreal.
A SPECIAL train will run to Barre to-mor-
row evening at the close of the wrestling
match between Henderson of Wells River
and Spcer of Plainield.
JOHN MILLER, postman, sprained an
ankle Monday afternoon and is temporarily
incapacitated for service. e. j. Goodenough
is on his route as substitute
j. ID. CLoGsToN was taken to Newport
Monday on a requisition from the clerk of
Orleans county, being indicted for perjury
in the case of Rowell u.s. Fuller
AN excellent opportunity for ambitious
young writers to earn five hundred honest
pennies is afforded by III. G. Webster's
offer in his card headed " Home Patron
age" in another column.
THE meetings of the Church of the Mes
sah are to be held in the Opera-house one
more Sunday. Mr. Wrights subjects Oc-
tober 23d will be " Lessons from the Life
of the Apostle Peter " and Moral Courage"
F. w. MORSE went to Boston Tuesday
noon for a meeting of passenger agents to
arrange for the annual Boston excursions
from this section. Announcement of the
date for these excursions will be made in a
day or two.
Mrs. GEORGE l.. LANE, who has been alb
sent for the past six months attending lee
lures and studying Christian science" or
mental healing, in Boston, Mass, aud
Nashua, n. H., has returned home with
health fully restored.
THE marriage of Frank II. Puffer and
Miss Jane Kimball is announced to take
place at the home of the brides parents on
Elm street next Tuesday, and at the same
place on the Tuesday evening following
will occur the wedding reception.
A FINE of $500 is provided as a punish.
ment to persons convicted of molesting
electric lamps, fixtures or wires. Such an
noyance is becoming too frequent and in
future steps will be taken to punish Offend
ers TO the fullest extent of the law.
AT few minutes past nine Monday
, evening fire was discovered in the barn on
! the premises recently occupied by Henry
Lowe, No 1876, Main street. 1t had burned
| quite through the double plank floor and
l the partition between the stalls. A few
t buckets of water extinguished the flames.
In May last Mr. Joel l.. Angler planted a
3 few peanuts in the garden of j. V. Brooks
= on Baldwin street. On Wednesday of last
: week the plants, which had had a flourish
9 ing growth, were pulled up and Mr.. Angler